READ TODAY'S STORIES AND E-EDITION SUBSCRIBE |  CONTACT US |  SIGN IN

Print story only Print story with comments Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest
A cheap dinner or two
Published: 8/25/2008 1:44 PM
Last Modified: 8/25/2008 1:44 PM


Yellow eye beans have a creamy taste
and texture.

Everyone seems to be looking for ways to save money on food.

Some of us are trying not to eat out as much. I miraculously remembered to bring my lunch to work two out of five days last week. It's a start.

But there are ways to save money in your home cooking, too.

A couple of weeks ago I cooked a pork shoulder that I was able to turn into at least four dinners. The recipe, which you can find here, came from the Pioneer Woman's blog. Don't you love her?

The pork was great on its own and with corn tortillas, salsa and limes.

I saved the bones and leftover bits from the pork roast and stuck it in a freezer bag for a rainy day.

A friend gave me a bag of yellow eye Rancho Gordo beans, and I immediately remembered those leftovers bits.

By the way, Rancho Gordo beans are super-good heirloom beans sold at the San Francisco Farmers Market and a select 10 stores in the country, including our own La Donna's Fancy Foods on Cherry Street.

So, I made a stock from the bones and then cooked the yellow eye beans in that delicious pork stock, reserving bits of the pork to add toward the end. The beans were so good, they didn't even need salt and pepper.

When I bought it, that $12 pork shoulder didn't seem that cheap. But it turned out to be a great deal. It gave me pork roast, carnitas and a delicious pot of beans.




Reader Comments 1 Total
Annabell (4 years ago)
Hi Natalie...We love black-eyed peas cooked with a pork roast, too. delicious!

I also like to put chunks of potato, carrots, onion, on the sprayed bottom of a broiler pan,salt and pepper them, then put the seasoned pork roast on the top of the broiler pan and bake...a meal in one!
1 comments displayed


To post comments on tulsaworld.com, you must be an active Tulsa World print or digital subscriber and signed into your account.

Taste

Food Writer Nicole Marshall Middleton joined the Tulsa World in May 1993 after graduating from Oklahoma State University. She has covered crime, city government and general assignment beats during that time - but mostly crime. But when she isn’t at work, Nicole is a devoted food hobbyist. She enjoys meal planning and cooking with her husband, Steve, every day of the week and on holidays it’s a family affair. When the opportunity to become the food writer at the Tulsa World presented itself in the summer of 2011, Nicole jumped at it. She is excited to explore a new side of Tulsa and make the transition from crime to cuisine. .

Follow Nicole Marshall Middleton on Twitter

Subscribe to this blog


Archive

 
Nicole Marshall Middleton's Blog Archive:

2/2013  1/2013  12/2012  11/2012  10/2012  9/2012  
8/2012  7/2012  6/2012  5/2012  4/2012  3/2012  
2/2012  1/2012  12/2011  11/2011  10/2011  9/2011  
8/2011  7/2011  6/2011  5/2011  4/2011  3/2011  
2/2011  1/2011  12/2010  11/2010  10/2010  9/2010  
8/2010  7/2010  6/2010  5/2010  4/2010  3/2010  
2/2010  1/2010  12/2009  11/2009  10/2009  9/2009  
8/2009  7/2009  6/2009  5/2009  4/2009  3/2009  
2/2009  1/2009  12/2008  11/2008  10/2008  9/2008  
8/2008  7/2008  6/2008  5/2008  4/2008  3/2008  
2/2008  1/2008  12/2007  11/2007  10/2007  9/2007  
8/2007  7/2007  6/2007  








Home | Contact Us | Search | Subscribe | Customer Service | About | Advertise | Privacy
Copyright © 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.